Suction cup for weight reduction

ABSTRACT

Unwanted subcutaneous fat of a part of the body to be slimmed down is dissipated using a suction cup ( 1 ). 
     A plurality of suction holes ( 5, 6 ) having different sucking directions are arranged close together in an opening section of the suction cup ( 1 ) to be tightly fitted to part of the body to be slimmed down, so as to twist subcutaneous fat of a part of the body to be slimmed down.

TECHNICAL FIELD TO WHICH THE INVENTION BELONGS

The present invention relates to a suction cup for weight reduction, forreducing subcutaneous fat at parts of the body to be slimmed down.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Suction therapy that draws blood congestion in internal portions of anaffected area into an outer layer, by decompressing the inside of asuction cup, known as a sucker or suction ball using a suction pump orthe like, with an opening section of the suction cup tightly adhered toan affected part, or alternatively by decompressing the inside of thesuction cup by causing combustion of alcohol etc. inside the cup, andthus sucking in the affected area, and removing congestion of theaffected part using an excretion action of remaining blood, is wellknown.

A cosmetic weight loss method has also been proposed that employssuction therapy that causes dissipation of unnecessary subcutaneous fatby sucking part of the body having excessive subcutaneous fat to beslimmed down into a suction cup.

With this cosmetic weight loss method, there is normally some desire forsubstantial weight reduction, and even if this type of suction therapyis applied to a cosmetic weight reduction method there is a desire foreven more substantial weight reduction.

In view of the above described situation, the object of the presentinvention is to provide a suction cup for weight loss that can beexpected to bring about even more substantial weight reduction.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

According to the present invention, a suction cup for weight reductionis provided with an open-ended section that is tightly fitted against apart of the body to be slimmed down, and constructed so that the part ofthe body to be slimmed down is sucked in by decompressing the inside ofthe suction cup, having means for sucking in and twisting the part ofthe body to be slimmed down provided in the open-ended section.

The means for sucking in and twisting the part of the body to be slimmeddown be formed of a plurality of suction holes having mutually differentsucking directions provided close together.

The plurality of suction holes can be formed in a suction body providedintegrally with the suction cup, but are preferably formed in a suctionbody which is detachable from the body of the suction cup.

The means for sucking in and twisting the part of the body to be slimmeddown can also include pressing means for partially pressing the part ofthe body to be slimmed down.

The inside of the suction cup can be decompressed by burning alcoholetc. inside the cup, but the suction cup is preferably provided with adecompressing section connected to a suction pump via a hose. In thatcase, a non-return valve for preventing air flowing into the inside ofthe cup is housed in the decompressing section, and the hose ispreferably detachable.

According to the present invention, because subcutaneous fat tissue istwisted and compressed by providing means for sucking in and twistingsubcutaneous fat of a part of the body to be slimmed down in anopen-ended section tightly fitted against the body, unwantedsubcutaneous fat at the part of the body to be slimmed down is caused todissipate and can be effectively removed.

The means for sucking in and twisting subcutaneous fat of a part of thebody to be slimmed down can be formed of a plurality of suction holeshaving mutually different sucking directions provided close together,which means that subcutaneous fat at the part of the body to be slimmeddown is twisted between adjacent holes, and so excellent weightreduction can be expected.

In this case, if the plurality of sucking holes are formed in a suctionbody separate from the cup body and this suction body is detachable fromthe cup body, it becomes possible to vary the number of suction holesand/or suction bodies having different sucking performance as required.

Also, by providing pressing means for partially pressing the part of thebody to be slimmed down, subcutaneous fat is twisted between sucked insections and pressed sections, which means that weight reduction effectscan be expected.

Further, with respect to the structure for decompressing the inside ofthe suction cup using a suction pump, when a non-return valve forpreventing air flowing into the inside of the cup is housed in thedecompressing section, it is possible to maintain a decompressed stateinside of the cup even if a hose connected to the decompressing sectionis taken off, by closing the non-return valve, which means that a numberof suction cups can be placed one at a time on a number of parts of thebody to be slimmed down, and these suction cups can put into adecompressed state while sequentially detaching hoses connected to asingle suction pump.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of a suction cup for weightreduction of the present invention showing part of the suction cup incross section.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the suction cup of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional drawing of a suction body taken along lineIII—III of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional drawing of a suction body taken along lineIV—IV of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 to FIG. 12 are bottom views of other embodiments of suction cupsfor weight reduction of the present invention.

FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are bottom views and schematic cross sectional viewsof yet still further embodiments of suction cups for weight reduction ofthe present invention.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail inthe following with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a suction cup for weight reduction 1 comprises abell shaped cup body 2 opening downwards, a substantially radialdecompressing section 3 formed integrally with an upper section of thecup body 2, and a suction body 4 formed as a separate body from the cupbody 2 and fitted into the inside of the cup body 2 from an openingsection of the cup body 2.

The suction body 4 is provided with two closely positioned suction holes5 and 6 penetrating from a lower surface 4 a fitting tightly against theskin surface of apart of the body to be slimmed down to an upper surface4 b of the inside of the cup body 2, and the lower surface 4 a of thesuction body 4 forms an opening section of the suction cup 1.

On the other hand, one end of a hose 7 is connected to a suction pump(not shown in the drawings) while the other end is detachably fittedinto the decompressing section 3 formed integrally with an upper part ofthe cup body 2, and a non-return valve 9 for preventing air from flowinginto the inside of the cup body 2 is housed in the decompressing section3. After the cup body 2 has been decompressed using the suction pump,the decompressed state inside the cup body 2 can be maintained even if aconnecting case 8 is taken off the decompressing section 3.

Accordingly, a suction cup can be placed at each of a number of parts ofthe body to be slimmed down, and these suction cups can be put into adecompressed state while sequentially detaching hoses connected to asingle suction pump.

As can be clearly seen in FIG. 2, suction holes 5 and 6 formed in thesuction body 4 have an elliptical cross section, and openings 5 a and 5b in the lower surface 4 a of the suction cup 4 are provided closetogether. Also, as can be clearly seen in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the suctionholes 5 and 6 extend diagonally in different directions towards openings5 b and 6 b in the upper surface 4 b of the suction cup 4.

Accordingly, if the lower surface 4 a of the suction cup 4 is made tofit tightly against the skin surface at a part of the body to be slimmeddown, the connecting case 8 is fitted to the decompression terminal end3 and the inside of the suction cup 2 decompressed using a suction pump,a part of the body to be slimmed down facing the opening 5 a of thesuction hole 5 is sucked in the direction of arrow A, and part of thebody to be slimmed down facing the opening 6 a of the suction hole 6 issucked in the direction of arrow B. Subcutaneous fat at the regionbetween the openings 5 a and 5 b is therefore compressed so as to twist,with the result that unwanted subcutaneous fat at the part of the bodyto be slimmed down can be effectively dissipated.

In FIG. 2, a small circle with arrows representing directions of suctionis attached beside a bottom view of the suction cup, and this is thesame for the following embodiments. However, the suction directions areindicated only by arrows in FIG. 1 and FIG. 12.

In the embodiment described above, the decompressing section 3 isconnected via a hose 7 to the suction pump in order to decompress theinside of the cup body 2, but it is also possible to use a manual pumpinstead of the suction pump.

Also, instead of providing the decompression terminal end in the cupbody 2, it is possible to decompress the inside of the cup body 2 byburning alcohol etc. inside the cup body 2, as is used in the suctiontherapy of the related art. In this case, if the inner wall surface ofthe cup body 2 is soaked in alcohol, and the cup body 2 is quickly laidupside down in the part of the body to be slimmed down after the alcoholis ignited, oxygen inside the cup body 2 is consumed and the flame isextinguished, the cup body is decompressed and the part of the body tobe slimmed down is sucked in.

In the above described embodiment, a suction body 4 provided with twosuction holes 5 and 6 is used, but the number of suction holes is notlimited to two, and it is possible to use a suction body 4 with three ormore suction holes, as shown in the bottom view of FIG. 5 and FIG. 6,corresponding to FIG. 2.

Specifically, in FIG. 5 three suction holes 11-13 are formed in thesuction body 4. Here, reference numerals 11 a-13 a represent openingsections of suction holes opening into the lower surface 4 b of thesuction body 4. In this case also, the suction holes 11-13 havedifferent suction directions, as shown by the arrows, so as to twist thesubcutaneous fat of the part of the body sucked in.

Also, in FIG. 6 four suction holes 14-17 are formed in the suction body4. Here, reference numerals 14 a-17 a represent opening sections ofsuction holes opening into the lower surface 4 a of the suction body 4,while reference numerals 14 b-17 b represent opening sections of suctionholes opening into the upper surface 4 b of the suction body 4. In thiscase also, the suction holes 14-17 have suction directions set, as shownby the arrows, so as to twist the subcutaneous fat of the part of thebody sucked in.

These suction holes 4 are preferably formed integrally with, and notseparate from, the cup body 2, but it is possible to form the suctionholes 4 separate from the cup body 2 or detachable from the cup body 2,which means that it is possible to change the number of suction holes orto change to a suction body 4 having different sucking characteristics,as required.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are bottom views showing the case where the suctionbody 4 of the suction cup 1 has different suction directions and isprovided with a plurality (ten in FIG. 7, twelve in FIG. 8) of suctionholes H. In this case, the lower section of the cup body 2 and the cupbody 4 are formed having a larger surface area than the embodimentsshown in FIG. 2, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.

FIG. 9 shows the case of a combination of four suction holes H and foursuction holes H′ formed larger than and in different shapes to the foursuction holes H.

FIG. 10 shows an embodiment having a small suction hole H″ having anupward sucking direction arranged in the middle of four suction holes Hhaving sucking directions spreading outwards.

In the above described embodiments, the lower part of the cup body 2 andthe bottom surface of the suction body 4 are circular in shape, but arenot limited to being circular, and can also be rectangular, as shown inFIG. 11 and FIG. 12.

The embodiments shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 12 have means for sucking, so asto twist subcutaneous fat of a part of the body to be slimmed down,formed of a plurality of suction holes opening out close to the lowersurface 4 a of the suction body 4, and having different suckingdirections, but it is also possible to provide pressing means in the cupbody 2 for partially pressing the part of the body, instead of using thesuction body 4, as means for twisting the subcutaneous fat of the partof the body to be slimmed down, as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14. In FIG.13 and FIG. 14, drawing (A) is a bottom view and drawing (B) a schematiccross sectional view.

In FIG. 13, the pressing means for partially pressing the part of thebody to be slimmed down comprises a single rod-like projection 20hanging down from the middle of the cup body 2 and protruding slightlydownwards from an opening of the cup body 2. Pressure stimulation isimparted to the part of the body to be slimmed down by this rod-likeprojection 20, and by sucking an area surrounding the rod-likeprojection 20 subcutaneous fat is twisted between the part pressed bythe projection 20 and a part that is sucked in, which means thatexcellent weight loss effects are obtained.

In FIG. 14, a hollow cylinder 21 is used as the pressing means insteadof the rod-like projection 20, and the weight reduction effect isimproved by also sucking from a central hole 21 a in the cylinder 21.

It is also possible to provide projections in the region betweenopenings of suction holes of the lower surface 14 a of the suction body4 provided with a plurality of suction holes, as pressing means.

What is claimed is:
 1. A suction cup for weight reduction provided withan opening section for fitting tightly to a part of the body to beslimmed down, and formed so as to suck in the part of the body to beslimmed down by internal decompression, wherein suction means isprovided in the opening section adjacent the part of the body to beslimmed down, said suction means including a plurality of suctionchannels which are arranged close to each other and extend diagonallythrough said suction means in different directions so as to twistsubcutaneous fat of the part of the body to be slimmed down.
 2. Thesuction cup for weight reduction as defined in claim 1, wherein theplurality of suction channels are formed in a suction body detachablefrom a cup body.
 3. The suction cup for weight reduction as defined inclaim 2 wherein a decompressing section connected via a hose to asuction pump is provided as internal decompression means.
 4. The suctioncup for weight reduction as defined in claim 1, wherein a decompressingsection connected via a hose to a suction pump is provided as internaldecompression means.
 5. The suction cup for weight reduction as definedin claim 4, wherein a non-return valve for preventing air flowing to thecup section is housed in the decompressing section, and the hose isdetachable.